Assassin Creed III Release Date Revealed

Traditionally, Assassin Creed games release in November, but this year, the next game in the series, Assassin Creed III will release in October.

This comes as a surprise to many in the industry, considering Ubisoft is not even waiting a year before releasing the next game in the series. The release date, slated for October 30th, was revealed in a conference call to investors, and Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot mentioned the game will be "the biggest launch in Ubisoft history."

It has also been noted that the game has been in development for three years, so fans worrying about a rushed game have nothing to fear. Little is known about the new game, but we do know that it will star a new main character, finally breaking away from Ezio de Auditore.

That is all that is known at the moment, but still, the news leaves me wondering why exactly the company is not just releasing the game in November as always? Are they trying to break the trend now that they have a new character, or it is just a marketing strategy?

I think its kinda stupid how they break away from Ezio because at the end of revelations they left you with such a cliff hanger I was pissed. At first I was like WTF IS THIS SH*T then I realised since they did that another one would come out

I cannot wait!! I've been an Assassin's Creed fan since I was a little tyke(original AC) and I've loved every single game since!! From what I'm hearing this one will exceed all expectations. Just from hearing about the three years in production, it definately sounds lime it'll be a Game of the Year nominee. Hope there will be a demo at E3. =D

Why, Ubisoft? Just take off a year, You don't need to do this every year. The games have gotten worse every year, I'm starting to lose hope in this series.

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Not only has AC3 been in production for the last three years, but they need to release the third before the end of 2012 if it were to go along with the story. The games may have gotten worse, but this is AC3, not a minor installment by any means.

If Ubisoft has proved themselves in the past by listening to their fans and completely changed the way the story progresses from AC1 to AC2. Then I'm sure they will make as big of an improvement from 2-3 as they did from 1-2. Anything that will make AC3 one of the best games in the past few years, Ubisoft will accomplish. I have faith in them.